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The town of Apriltsi

A corner of paradise in the heart of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina): a resort town with unique nature, clean mountain air, a mild winter and a cool summer.

Four villages, one town

Apriltsi is in Lovech Province, near Troyan. The town was created by merging four large villages, which are now its quarters: Novo Selo, Zla Reka, Vidima and Ostrets. They were merged in 1976, and the name was chosen in honour of the heroic events of the April Uprising. In those times Vasil Levski himself was active here.

Apriltsi has kept its Balkan spirit and its cultural heritage, and in recent years it has been turning into a modern resort.

Panoramic view from the terrace of the house towards the ridge of the Balkan Mountains
Panoramic view from the terrace of the house

Nature below Mount Botev

The area is known for its beautiful, untouched nature: countless paths, mountain rapids, slopes and meadows with broadleaf, coniferous and alpine plants, thick forests, pretty little bridges, small picturesque waterfalls and clear rivers. That is why mountain tourism has grown here in recent years.

The town lies below Mount Botev, and the peak is quick and easy to reach from it. Along the ridge of the Balkan Mountains there are vast green meadows and pastures, and the sunrises and sunsets in the heart of the range are like no others.

  • Motorbike riders on a mountain slope with the peak Maragidik behind them
    The peak Maragidik
  • Snow-covered Mount Botev behind bare trees
    Mount Botev
  • A waterfall down a high rock wall, with firs beside it
    The Kademliysko Praskalo waterfall
  • 5 picturesque eco-trails: extreme, horse-riding and walking
  • Vidimsko Praskalo the famous waterfall whose beauty the trails reveal
  • Maragidik the magnetic peak Rusalka, about which a legend is told

The trails also show the surroundings of the Pleven hut and Mount Botev.

Places to visit

  • The white stone gate of the Holy Trinity Convent with its arched entrance

    Holy Trinity Convent

    in Apriltsi

    A convent with an ossuary of those who died in the April Uprising, old manuscripts and a quiet yard.

  • The church of Troyan Monastery with its arcade, columns and murals on the outer walls

    Troyan Monastery

    25 km from Apriltsi

    One of the largest Bulgarian monasteries, with murals by Zahari Zograf and a museum of Vasil Levski.

  • The church of Batoshevo Monastery with two domes, murals at the entrance and a pine in the yard

    Batoshevo Monastery of the Dormition

    on the Apriltsi–Sevlievo road, 14 km from Sevlievo

    A 13th-century monastery with an iconostasis of the Tryavna woodcarving school.

  • Old houses behind a stone wall and a large tree in Staro Stefanovo

    Staro Stefanovo architectural reserve

    30 km away, on the Apriltsi–Lovech road

    Restored 19th-century houses and over 100 cultural monuments; the film “Hayka za valtsi” was shot here.

  • A blue and white house with an overhanging upper floor and a stone bridge in front of it at the Etar museum

    Etar

    8 km south of Gabrovo

    The first museum of its kind in Bulgaria: 50 sites with water-driven installations and craft workshops.

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